The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26

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wa I'D nnt th,o1ah safol, Ro,,
n,sSapears @n, ont to ont. and I no.
t;ned thot the m,,nor II thc vouno
nm, nod r,,lej ~ a tonJcrfon. wa,
avon moro nsrrous ,ban If had be.p
whom we lnft Denver and sized hin,
m ne heino unfit for ,bn country into
which bs n,s yoing Wo stv,,d nj tha
station ,hout L,lf an hour md ,her I
cav my two nossc,ccrs safely inside
and c,;mbnJ on thr hoy .j~ustasw sc
c,tborirm M tbo limos old Ranks came
out and toid mo be had soon , man
drive Inv with y led horse lust before
dark and had hetter he careful NOT to
RIM over him. At thi, I saw mytendcr.
foot stick his head ont Of tbc window.
Int he ouicEly nulind if in AGAIN and |
drove on.
.'Just as daylight was beginning to
appear above the top of the high
mountains | drove up to the last station
before reaching Leadyille. and dis
mounted from the box with Il SIGH of
relief, as | felt that now all danger was
over. But when | put my head into
the stage door to arouse my passengers
| drew il back with Il veil of surprise
and horror. la the dim light | could
plainly see that there was only one man
inside. and from his strange position |
knew something was wrong. When l
threw open the door | found the only
occupant of the stage was the man who
was going to buy the mines. He was
| stone dead and cold. His throat had
been cut from ear to car. There was
no doubt that my tcnderfoot was the
murderer, and after killing his fellow
traveller and securing his belt with the
money, he had crawlcd through the
rear window of the stage and dropped
off into the road. He had evidently
taken the journey with the sole pur-
pose of committing the murder and
taking the plumber. When we carried
the dead man into the station we found
Captain Rawlins, of the Denver
mounted police force. and three
of his men. who were out hunting for
desperadocS. They Immediately gave
up all other business and started in
pursuit of the murderer. The result of
the hunt | heard from the captain him.
self. Halfway between the two sta
tons he found by the roadside Il place
where 4 campfire had been built, and
where two horses had evidently been
tied 10 a tree. By the side of the fire
was the murdered mans empty belt.
For four days the captain and his three
n:es followed the trail of the murderer
and his companion through the mount
aims. At last one night, lust before
dark, they came upon the desperadocs
in . mountain gorge. Both men were
seated on the ground. Cautiously the
captain and his men crept up to the I'M
conscious ruflians. Each officer brought
his gun TO bear on one of the men and
then Captain Rawlins called on them
to surrender. Without an i~nstant's
hesitation each man grabbed his oun
and opened fire on the officers. At the
first discharge from the officers the
man who had committed the murder
fell and a moment later his companion
lay stretched on the ground beside
him. On examining them Captain
Rawlins found that the Younger man,
who had been in the stage, was not
quite dead. Toward morning the
young mar revived sufficiently to talk.
He refused to give his name and it was
never known. He said, however, that
Amos Y. Townsend wos thc leader If
the gang n mad planned the murder